Minister Grange Participated in Labour Day
With mosquito bourne diseases on the rise and with the deadly nuisance constantly on the prowl … the Andrew Holness led JLP government decided to focus this year’s clean up in Portmore, a dormitory community of over 100,000 inhabitants.
Swamp
It is a known fact that Portmore, St. Catherine was a swamp and was dump up and land reclaimed from the sea through dredging. There have been 5 confirmed cases of the deadly ZickV cases. So far there have been 9 confirmed cases in Jamaica so far. With this undisputed fact the JLP government has rightly decided to concentrate in this highly populated area.
We hope this will put a dent in the mosquito breeding spots.
PM Andrew Michael Holness has stated that the “mosquito is the deadliest creature on earth killing more than a million persons worldwide.”
Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie is Senior International Correspondent & photojournalist for Vision Newspaper Canada
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
